FYI, Switzerland has Full Proportional Representation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Switzerland) – so MMP without the electorate seats. The difference is that the party vote (of 200 seats) is taken on a smaller scale than ...

One way forward would be to use lateral thinking and go for Proportional Representation, as Brown is suggesting. He imagines a Lib Dem/Labour coalition would emanate, keeping Conservatives at bay, and is proposing a PR referendum takes ...